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In Reply to: Re: The rule of diminishing returns in relation to wine... posted by satyr on July 03, 2001 at 07:38:42:
I think that it is much easier for a consumer to find a palateable NW wine than an OW wine. I think many wines from the Old World are a little more esoteric and varied. This makes the entire area less accessable to the consumer. Generally, if a consumer buys a Napa Cab they can expect bold fruit with hints of green pepper and mint. If a consumer buys a Bordeaux, the extra research is needed to find the wine which will meet your tastes. Is it powerful Pauillac or sensual St. Emilion? Even within an extremely well controlled appellation like Pomerol, is it flashy extroverted Chateau Le Pin or deep, impenetrable Petrus. It can all be rather confusing.To address the musty taste; let's just say that not everyone is as sanitary about the barrels they use. Generally the flavor can come from being aged in a tainted barrel. The flavour is also a characteristic of a bottle being 'corked'. Also, in my experience, most 'black' grapes can taste a bit thin and musty when over-cropped.
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Thanks -the information about the barrels strikes a chord. I bought a case of Cahors in France and found that all of them had that musty taste whereas I have had other bottles from the same region/vineyard that were fine. Corked wine I find tends to go to-wards rotten fruit!
A guess: you're talking about young southern wines--like the Cahors you mention--and the mustiness is...tannins, which to my taste often give young syrah/grenache/mourvedre-based wines an unplaesant taste (and nose) reminiscent of (sorry) an old band-aid. Give those bottles, oh, five years in the cellar--and voila, no more mustiness.
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